Mohamed Salah did not travel to Italy for Liverpool’s Champions League meeting with Inter Milan.
On the back of being benched for a third Premier League game in a row, Salah conducted an explosive interview in the mixed zone at Elland Road.
The reaction to his comments, which included claims he’s been thrown under the bus and someone at the club wants him out, have not gone down too well with some.
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Jamie Carragher has hit out at Salah on the back of the interview and doubled down with his stance after Tuesday’s win.
Mohamed Salah can’t keep fighting Liverpool
It’s been an interesting few days for the winger, which probably didn’t play out the way he was hoping.
The post-Leeds statements made it clear that the Egyptian was asking the club to pick between him and the manager.
However, reports just 24 hours later, which have since been further backed up, say FSG are sticking with Slot and Salah’s actions will not change that.
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A poor display against Inter Milan would have worked in the winger’s favour, as fans would have continued to criticise the Dutchman and point towards their star player’s absence as the reason for their continued decline.
In reality, however, what we have seen is Liverpool play arguably one of their best games of the 2025/26 campaign, and Salah was not in the squad.
Even before his outburst, there were moments of quality in the draw with Leeds before Ibrahima Konate’s rash challenge, and they beat West Ham United just over a week ago.
Thankfully, this will not be the end of Salah at Anfield, unless he really wants it to be.
Reports this week say that Liverpool insiders were ‘baffled’ by some parts of the interview, as James Pearce explained.
He said: “Well, what I will say is from the conversations I’ve had today, people at the club are pretty baffled by the suggestion that what he means by someone wants him out.
“You know, a couple of people have said to me that this was very much viewed as a short-term thing with him being out the team to try and get some stability back rather than it wasn’t ‘right We’re casting him aside with a view to offloading him in January’.”
Crucially, it is mentioned that those in a position of power view it as a short-term issue, rather than the end of Salah’s time with the club.
In turn, the path forward now seems obvious. He can’t use the Reds’ poor results to put pressure on the ownership, with FSG making it clear that Slot, for the time being, is going nowhere.
So, Salah must now make amends before he leaves for the AFCON this week, and as Liverpool are open to that happening, all should be well once he returns in January.
The alternative is far grimmer and could tarnish his legacy at a club to which he has given so much over the years.
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